Title: Yellowface Author: R.F. Kuang Narrator: Helen Laser Genre: Realistic Fiction Plot: Junie Hayward has always been jealous of her friend Athena Liu. Athena’s gotten lucky in the book publishing world. She’s had book deal after book deal. Junie’s first book barely made a blip in the book world. After a freak accident while AthenaContinue reading “Yellowface – R.F. Kuang”
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Theo of Golden – Allen Levi
Title: Theo of Golden Author: Allen Levi Genre: Realistic Fiction Plot: Theo is a recent arrival to the city of Golden, Georgia. He’s a quiet old soul who wanders around the Promenade most days. Theo wandered into a coffee shop called Chalice and notices the portraits on the wall. They’re portraits of residents of GoldenContinue reading “Theo of Golden – Allen Levi”
You Are Special – Max Lucado
Title: You Are Special Author: Max Lucado Illustrator: Sergio Martinez Plot: Punchinello is a Wemmick in the town of Wemmickville. The characters of the town reward each other with golden stickers for being smart, talented, and beautiful or gray stickers if you’re average. Punchinello is covered in gray stickers. Every day he tries hard toContinue reading “You Are Special – Max Lucado”
The Lies of Locke Lamora – Scott Lynch
This is book 1 of The Gentlemen Bastard series. Title: The Lies of Locke Lamora Author: Scott Lynch Genre: Fantasy Plot: Locke Lamora grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in Camorr. As an orphan, he got picked up by a their maker gang. Then traded to a ‘priest’s’ gang for being tooContinue reading “The Lies of Locke Lamora – Scott Lynch”
The Circus Train – Amita Parikh
Title: The Circus Train Author: Amita Parikh Genre: Historical Fiction Plot: Lena Papadapoulos is the daughter of famous circus illusionist, Theo Papadapoulos. She lives on the train traveling across Europe but has never fit in or had an act of her own. So she’s never really fit in. Then she finds a boy, Alexandre, passedContinue reading “The Circus Train – Amita Parikh”
The Scholomance #1 – Naomi Novik
Title: book 1 – A Deadly Education Author: Naomi Novik Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Plot: Galedriel, El for short, is an outcast at Scholomance, a school for magic. Everyone expects her to be a Malificer, a wizard who used mala (bad energy) instead of mana (good energy). El’s determined to prove everyone at school wrong.Continue reading “The Scholomance #1 – Naomi Novik”
Flesh and False Gods #2 – Chloe Gong
Immortal Longings is book 1 in this series Title: Vilest Things Author: Chloe Gong Genre: Fantasy Plot: Calla is trying to adjust to palace life now that she’s a princess again. Anton jumped into the new king’s, August, body. He keeps Calla close as an adviser, in case she tries something. When Otta Avia wakesContinue reading “Flesh and False Gods #2 – Chloe Gong”
Murtagh – Christopher Paolini
Title: Murtagh Author: Christopher Paolini Genre: Fantasy Plot: Murtagh is still an outsider after all that’s happened after the war to defeat Galbatorix. Most of Alegaësia don’t trust him, even though most of what he did was under torture. So he spends his days tracking down leads of a mysterious group that wear a birdContinue reading “Murtagh – Christopher Paolini”
The Bedlam Detective – Stephan Gallagher
Title: The Bedlam Detective Author: Stephan Gallagher Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery Plot: Sebastian Becker is an investigator with the Bethlehem Hospital, famously known as Bedlam, in the late 1800’s. His newest patient to look into is Sir Owain Lancaster. Sir Owain has recently returned from an adventure in the Amazon that went horribly wrong. He’sContinue reading “The Bedlam Detective – Stephan Gallagher”
Where Fire Falls – Karen Barnett
Title: Where Fire Falls Author: Karen Barnett Genre: Historical Fiction Plot: Olivia Rutherford is a watercolor painter. She’s determined to hide her humble past. When her manager, Frank, secures her a job painting in Yosemite, she can’t pass it up. But it means facing parts of her past she’d rather forget. Clark Johnson is theContinue reading “Where Fire Falls – Karen Barnett”
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